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| Jul 30, 2026 | Ozow Adds FNB and RMB Bank API Payments, No Merchant Integration Needed | By Zachary Chambers
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| Jul 28, 2026 | AI for Good Lab Offers 118 Developing Nations Shared Compute to Close AI Divide | By Collin Mercer
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| Apr 30, 2026 | South Africa: AI Policy Debacle Shows Dangers of Technology Used Without Public Oversight | SA's draft policy contained sources fabricated by a large language model
Following the recent withdrawal of the draft National Artificial Intelligence Policy by Minister Solly Malatsi, Tyronne McCrindle argues that AI must be governed in th... |
| Jan 12, 2026 | Meta reportedly prepares new round of Reality Labs layoffs as AI takes priority
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The New York Times, referencing three people familiar with the matter, cl... |
| Dec 3, 2025 | South Africa: Expensive Data and Poor Internet Access - South Africa Fails to Measure Up Against Brazil | Emerging middle-power countries like South Africa, India and Brazil face growing inequalities. At the same time, everyday lives are becoming more and more digital - from paying bills and reading news to contacting companies and services. Wa... |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Paymentology Launches PayoCard to Expand Mobile-First Access to Card Services Across South Africa | Share this:
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| Apr 19, 2025 | These 6 African ecommerce websites went from zero to $1 million: here’s how | Buying and selling have always been part of everyday life. In the past, trade happened in physical markets. People had to be there in person to buy or sell anything. But things have changed. You can now buy and sell from your phone or compu... |
| Jul 10, 2024 | Public works cyber attack: Officials suspended for allegedly stealing R300m | Public works minister Dean Macpherson. Image:: X/@DeanMacpherson
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure has confirmed that over R300 million has been stolen in a cyber attack in the last 10 years with the most recent incident in ... |
| May 28, 2024 | Africa: Democracy in Africa - Digital Voting Technology and Social Media Can Be a Force for Good - and Bad | It's a bumper year for elections on the continent: by the end of 2024, 20 countries ought to have gone to the polls to vote in national elections. A handful of others are also scheduled to conduct local-level elections. As is the case elsew... |
| Apr 22, 2024 | South Africa: Meerkat - the South African Radio Telescope That's Transformed Our Understanding of the Cosmos | South Africa's Karoo region is a vast semi-arid area that stretches across four of the country's provinces. It is sparsely populated and renowned for its wide open spaces.
In the heart of this landscape, near the small Northern Cape town of... |
| Apr 19, 2024 | South Africa’s grim legacy of load shedding | In 1994, apartheid ended and the ANC won South Africa’s first-ever democratic elections, promising “Electricity for All” as part of its Reconstruction and Development Programme.
Back then, only 36% of all South Africans had electricity in t... |
| Feb 27, 2024 | AT LAST you can say goodbye to annoying telemarketing calls | InfoReg is determined to put a stop to annoying telemarketing calls.
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South Africa’s Information Regulator (InfoReg) has determined that telemarketing calls constitute electronic communication. Therefore, the go... |
| Dec 18, 2023 | Young men urged to consider nursing as a career | MEC Nomagugu Simelane call on young men to study nursing. Photo: KZN Department of Health/ Facebook
KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC, Nomagugu Simelane, has urged young men to consider pursuing a career in the nursing profession.
MEC ENCOURAGES HEA... |
| Dec 8, 2023 | Cracking the Code: The Secrets Behind a Successful SEO Company | Cracking the Code: The Secrets Behind a Successful SEO Company. Image: Supplied
In the ever-changing world of digital marketing, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) stands as the linchpin for online visibility and success. As businesses strive... |
| Dec 8, 2023 | Cracking the Code: The Secrets Behind a Successful SEO Company | Cracking the Code: The Secrets Behind a Successful SEO Company. Image: Supplied
In the ever-changing world of digital marketing, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) stands as the linchpin for online visibility and success. As businesses strive... |
| Nov 12, 2023 | Why contract management solutions are essential for organisations | Why never neglect post-signature contracts. Photo: Pixabay.com
Contracts are an essential part of every organisation’s operations, hence taking control and opting for management solutions is a step in the right direction.
2. Categorise your... |
| May 30, 2023 | CyberQ Group Selected by British Embassy as Best in Cyber to Represent the UK at the 2023 ITWeb Security Summit in SA | SA1
CyberQ Group Selected by British Embassy as Best in Cyber to Represent the UK at the 2023 ITWeb Security Summit in South Africa.
We are honoured and excited to be chosen by the British Embassy to represent the United Kingdom at the 2023... |
| Mar 14, 2023 | Naspers Foundry is folding: Where are its alumni?
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Success! | On Monday, March 13, Naspers’ R1.4 billion (~$77 million) venture capital fund, Naspers Foundry, was shut down by the company, with the fund’s portfolio companies and any further investments to be overseen by Prosus Venture henceforth.
When... |
| Dec 30, 2022 | US, China Tech War: Huawei Reports Flat 2022 Revenue Amidst US Sanctions | Andi C., Tech Times 30 December 2022, 08:12 am
Huawei may be out of hot water following its survival from the US tech war this year.
According to a new year's message posted by its rotating chairman Eric Xu, Huawei Technologies Co expects t... |
| Oct 23, 2022 | На периферии кризиса чипмейкеров — что происходит | Алексей Волынкин, первый заместитель генерального директора, директор по развитию бизнеса Группы «Иннотех», обсуждает ситуацию.
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| Oct 17, 2022 | Digital health news, funding round up in the prior week; October 17, 2022 | Rite Aid partnered with Google Cloud; Walgreens bought CareCentrix; Brave Health raised $40M
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PointClickCare Technologies, a healthcare technology platform enabling collaboration and access to real‐time insights, announced th... |
| Oct 5, 2022 | Google picks South Africa for its first cloud region in Africa | Tech giant Google has today announced the launch of a cloud region in South Africa, its first in the continent, playing catch-up to other top providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure, which made inroads into the continen... |
| Sep 27, 2022 | The fibre frontier will determine who wins the battle for 5G dominance in SA | The battle lines for 5G dominance have been drawn in South Africa. Last week, the country’s second biggest mobile network operator MTN announced that it was building private 5G networks for big companies in the mining and port industries.
M... |
| Sep 23, 2022 | Vodacom Launches ‘Buy & Get’ And Double Your Data YouTube Bundles | Vodacom |
| Sep 21, 2022 | Who will win the race for 5G dominance in South Africa? | In March, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) held the long-awaited broadband spectrum auction, which saw six network providers—Rain, Vodacom, MTN, Telkom, Liquid Telcoms and Cell C—bid for frequency spectrum in... |
| Sep 8, 2022 | South Africa: Amazon Web Services and Google to Extend Their Footprint in South Africa | Due to strong investment incentives, Africa's internet access is growing at one of the fastest paces in the world. Africa's youthful population and rapid urbanization are strong drivers of digitalisation demand.
Africa has the world's young... |
| Aug 22, 2022 | Liberalisation, not regulation, will promote competition in comms | The Sentech transmitter in Auckland Park, Johannesburg
This Friday and next Monday, communications regulator Icasa will host public hearings on its market inquiry into signal distribution service in South Africa.
Signal distribution compani... |
| Aug 19, 2022 | Unlocking The Power Of 5G In Emerging Markets | Sam Darwish, Chairman and CEO, IHS Towers. |
| Jul 1, 2022 | Digital migration: how poor South Africans will be affected. | Digital migration: how poor South Africans will be affected: Image: Adobe stock
South Africa’s Constitutional Court has decided to strike down the government’s plans to end old-style analogue television broadcasting at the end of June. The ... |
| Jun 30, 2022 | South Africa: Digital Migration - Court Delay Upholds Information Rights of Poor South Africans | South Africa's Constitutional Court has decided to strike down the government's plans to end old-style analogue television broadcasting at the end of June. The decision upholds the right to information, which poor South Africans would have ... |
| Jun 27, 2022 | Less Than 5% of the World’s 400 Neobanks are Profitable | Neobanking has been one of the most talked-about fintech segments of the past decade, a buzzing industry that’s seen an average of 68 new ventures being launched each year since 2017, data from consulting firm Simon-Kucher show.
But despite... |
| Jun 1, 2022 | “The Experts” hits different 🤭 | Share this article:
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Welcome to June 2022!
June is a special month in Africa because it marks the independence of countries like Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Seychelles.
In addition, the month of June is ... |
| May 16, 2022 | Finding AI’s low-hanging fruit | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Delivering AI solutions from the test bed to prod... |
| Apr 25, 2022 | Is The IT Department Dead? | Computer. Photo by Christopher Gower on Unsplash |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Didi, a Chinese Ride-Hailing Company, Shuts Down Operations in South Africa, Why? | Sophie Webster, Tech Times 08 April 2022, 02:04 pm
(Photo : GettyImages/ STR/AFP via Getty Images) Didi
On Apr. 8, Didi Chixung, a popular Chinese ride-hailing company, shut down its operations in South Africa just a year after it launched.... |
| Mar 22, 2022 | South Africa: What's Happening In South African News - March 22, 2022 | Cape Town —
No Food Shortages Here, We're South African!
Agriculture Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Thoko Didiza has been in discussions with food processors, leaders in the fruit and grains industry, agricultural trading groups... |
| Mar 18, 2022 | Credit bureau TransUnion hacked – ‘R224m ransom sought’ | |
| Mar 16, 2022 | Tiger Global is earning its stripes in Africa | You can count on one hand the number of funds bigger than Tiger Global. But in terms of influence, speed and number of investments made since 2021, Tiger has led the pack alongside Sequoia.
Last year, the New York-based firm, known for its ... |
| Feb 21, 2022 | Email’s Not Dead, The Way You’re Using It Is | EMAIL. Photo by Solen Feyissa on Unsplash
Email is dead. If I’d believed that phrase any of the countless times I’ve heard it since 2010, I probably wouldn’t have a job right now. Everything from SMS to instant messaging, social media, and ... |
| Feb 21, 2022 | Email’s Not Dead, The Way You’re Using It Is | EMAIL. Photo by Solen Feyissa on Unsplash |
| Feb 16, 2022 | The Economic Impact Of Connectivity In South Africa | Steve Briggs, Chief Commercial Officer at SEACOM
As the world moves towards an increasingly digital future, expanded connectivity infrastructure has become a defining feature of a modern economy. It allows people and businesses across the g... |
| Feb 16, 2022 | The Economic Impact Of Connectivity In South Africa | Steve Briggs, Chief Commercial Officer at SEACOM |
| Feb 9, 2022 | Dell Technologies : New Year, Consistent Partner Promise | I am always energized at this time of year, because after months of soliciting input from our partners, we're ready to turn those insights into action as we launch a new Partner Program year. This program is coming off the back of great mom... |
| Feb 4, 2022 | Facebook is shutting down a cheap wi-fi project that headlined South Africa | (Facebook)
Facebook parent company Meta is shutting down Express Wi-Fi, a project that promised cheaper internet access in developing parts of the world.
South Africa was once an important testbed.
Now it is time to move on, the company say... |
| Nov 22, 2021 | Airbnb neighbours can now report rowdy guests on its new helpline | Guest hosting service Airbnb has launched a neighbourhood support service where people can raise their concerns about problematic guests.
The complainant leaves their details on the website and requests to be called back.
Neighbours can rai... |
| Nov 11, 2021 | In South Africa’s Economy, Technology Plays A Key Role | Job Goshi |
| Nov 11, 2021 | In South Africa’s Economy, Technology Plays A Key Role | Job Goshi
The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on South Africa’s already fragile economy. Add to that the riots and looting, the cost of recovery and Eskom’s load-shedding, and the current picture is bleak.
So where to from here?
One sec... |
| Sep 7, 2021 | South Africa’s 5G network might be on shaky ground; here’s why | Share this article:
In recent years, South Africa has made the most progress among African countries regarding the 5G technology.
But it appears South Africa’s 5G network might be in trouble. But before that, here’s the backstory.
In March ... |
| Aug 10, 2021 | What Do Cape Town’s Big Tech Players Really Want? | |
| Aug 10, 2021 | What Do Cape Town’s Big Tech Players Really Want? | The Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID) recently asked two of the CBD’s major players what makes the Mother City a tech hub and how the city can attract more tech titans to its shores. SweepSouth – which raised more than R60 ... |
| Jul 6, 2021 | From iPhone shortages to price surges: The global chip scarcity is affecting Africa | Car manufacturers in Egypt have had to cut down on production due to a recent lack of electronic control units (ECUs), which are major components in vehicle electrical systems. In South Africa, more than 20,000 people that signed up for Sup... |
| Jul 2, 2021 | Google Cloud Partners With Ericsson, Joins O-RAN Alliance: Expect 5G Edge Computing, Cloud-Based 5G Services | Griffin Davis , Tech Times 02 July 2021, 03:07 pm
Google Cloud decided to partner with Ericsson to develop new cloud-based and 5G edge computing services. On the other hand, the search engine giant also joined the current O-RAN Alliance.
(P... |
| Jun 24, 2021 | Africrypt: They owe us money, say family of SA ‘kids’ accused of gigantic bitcoin heist | Detail from a photo the brothers Cajee used to promote Africrypt.
Ameer Cajee and Raees Cajee are definitely no longer in South Africa, and almost certainly on the run from someone, says their cousin – and former fellow director of Africryp... |
| Jun 24, 2021 | Two South African brothers have vanished with $3.6 billion of bitcoin in what could be the biggest crypto heist in history | Ameer Cajee and his younger brother, Raees Cajee, founded Africrypt in 2019.
Not long after, the siblings, along with bitcoin worth $4 billion at the peak in April, are nowhere to be found.
Authorities and lawyers are still trying to get to... |
| Jun 24, 2021 | South African brothers disappear with $3.6B in bitcoin in alleged heist | More On: bitcoin
Why Miami Mayor Francis Suarez could help the GOP win the youth vote Retired nurse loses $43K life savings on bitcoin scam: ‘This is organized crime’ Bitcoin fans are psychopaths who don’t care about anyone, study shows Bit... |
| Jun 23, 2021 | Two South African brothers have vanished with $3.6 billion of bitcoin in what could be the biggest crypto heist in history | Ameer Cajee and his younger brother, Raees Cajee, founded Africrypt in 2019.
Not long after, the siblings, along with bitcoin worth $4 billion at the peak in April, are nowhere to be found.
Authorities and lawyers are still trying to get to... |
| May 31, 2021 | PoPIA Compliance – 5 Concrete Steps To Start Your Journey Today | wp_booster error:
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| Mar 30, 2021 | MTN SA Wins Lucrative National Treasury Contract | wp_booster error:
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| Mar 15, 2021 | Meet the Yuppiechef founders who will score in a R460 million takeover by Mr Price | Yuppiechef founders Shane Dryden (left) and Andrew Smith in 2014. Photo: Yuppiechef
Mr Price is buying Yuppiechef in a deal worth almost half a billion rand - in cash.
A US hedge fund owns a minority stake in the online retailer, but the ma... |
| Mar 3, 2021 | COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria, Regulating Nigeria’s DStv tariffs, Crowdyvest CEO steps down | Share this article:
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Oluwanifemi and Emmanuel here Today we are discussing:
COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria
NBC to regulate DStv tariffs
Crowdyvest CEO steps down Nigeria gets its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines
Source: WHONigeria on... |
| Feb 27, 2021 | Takealot creator Kim Reid is ‘stepping back’. Here’s how he built SA’s biggest ecommerce site | (Takealot)
Takealot CEO and creator Kim Reid is "stepping back", the e-commerce behemoth announced on Friday.
He will become chairperson of the 2,500-employee group that also includes Mr D and Superbalist, and it is looking for a ... |
| Feb 25, 2021 | KKR-Owned OneStream Software Could Go Public | Henry Kravis, co-chief executive officer and co-founder of KKR & Co., right, and Marie-Josee Kravis ... [+] arrive for the morning session of the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., on Friday, Jul... |
| Jan 21, 2021 | Cerillion : Top Five Telecom Trends for 2021 | After a year of unforeseen global disruption, we look ahead to what is in store for the telecoms sector in 2021, a year that will be defined by recovery and resilience, and ask what major developments will come to define the industry.
As 20... |
| Jan 14, 2021 | MTN on the misinformation on COVID-19 and 5G | Since COVID-19 started to spread throughout the world in early 2020, social media has been abuzz with speculation linking 5G technology to the pandemic. However, scientists and health experts across the globe have discredited this as misinf... |
| Jan 4, 2021 | How Covid-19 Did What Poverty Could Not: Convince Africa It Needs To Manufacture | Spared the worst medical effects of Covid-19 with among the world’s lowest virus infection rates and fatalities, Africa nonetheless suffered due to deep economic fallout. Declining world demand for commodities amidst general global slowdown... |
| Dec 19, 2020 | What you need to know about Strive Masiyiwa, the Zim billionaire now on Netflix’s board | Strive Masiyiwa at a conference in 2016. (Photo by Frank Augstein - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa has been appointed to the board of Netflix.
He made his money doing work for the government of Zimbabwe, then ... |
| Nov 4, 2020 | The Concerning State of Cybersecurity in South Africa | wp_booster error:
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| Nov 2, 2020 | How did the Tech Nation Rising Star winners do during coronavirus? | Back in February, 10 companies were named Tech Nation’s Rising Stars 2.0 winners. Then coronavirus hit. What happened next?
Tech Nation recently opened applications for Rising Stars 3.0, which seeks to find the most innovative and exciting ... |
| Oct 10, 2020 | Cell C Workers To Go On Strike On Monday | Cell C |
| Oct 8, 2020 | What happened next for our 10 Rising Stars 2.0 winners | We recently opened applications for Rising Stars 3.0, our competition that seeks to find the most innovative and exciting digital tech startups in the UK.
Back in February, the founders of Rising Stars 2.0’s 10 winning companies took to a ... |
| Sep 20, 2020 | The ambitious Postbank was treading water. Then Covid-19 came to the rescue. | News analysis
For the first half of 2020, the Postbank recorded account growth of just 0.5%.
Three years later, it still does not have a full banking licence, which prevents it from offering credit services.
Then came Covid-19 – and special... |
| Sep 17, 2020 | China is pushing its currency into Africa through fintech partnerships | On September 9, UnionPay International announced a partnership with Interswitch East Africa, the regional business of the Nigerian-based Interswitch Group. Under the partnership, Interswitch became a Third-Party Service Provider (TPSP) for ... |
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| Aug 2, 2020 | Telkom Enters Financial Services Fray in Ongoing Drive to Diversify | telkom mobile |
| Aug 2, 2020 | Telkom Enters Financial Services Fray in Ongoing Drive to Diversify | telkom mobile
South Africa’s telco Telkom waded into the country’s red hot financial area with a new financial services entity to compete against the likes of mobile phone rivals MTN, Vodacom and FinTech players.
Telkom Financial Services w... |
| Jul 2, 2020 | Thousands of SA patient records may have been at risk after 'vulnerability' | (Getty Images)
SA medical data startup LogBox left user data and patient records on a database vulnerable to hackers.
The company is used or has been trialed by Netcare, Lancet, and Wits University Donald Gordon Medical Centre.
A security r... |
| Jun 10, 2020 | Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [10/06/2020] | A number of small businesses in South Africa’s ICT sector are struggling to secure coronavirus relief funding and financial aid from the government.
This, while two months on, Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (Ni... |
| Jun 10, 2020 | Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [10/06/2020] | A number of small businesses in South Africa’s ICT sector are struggling to secure coronavirus relief funding and financial aid from the government.
This, while two months on, Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (N... |
| Mar 23, 2020 | Covid-19 fears drive spike in orders at alcohol, grocery delivery startups in SA | SA ecommerce startups that retail and deliver items such as groceries and alcohol, have seen online orders hit the roof, following the onset of the coronavirus (Covid-19).
Orders for items such as food and alcohol, as well as requests for f... |
| Mar 23, 2020 | Covid-19 fears drive spike in orders at alcohol, grocery delivery startups in SA | SA ecommerce startups that retail and deliver items such as groceries and alcohol, have seen online orders hit the roof, following the onset of the coronavirus (Covid-19).
Orders for items such as food and alcohol, as well as requests for ... |
| Mar 5, 2020 | Digital equality: South Africa still has a long way to go | Digital inequality remains firmly in place in South Africa. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)
by Alison Gillwald
In the South African President’s State of the Nation Address earlier this month Cyril Ramaphosa highlighted the fac... |
| Mar 5, 2020 | Digital equality: South Africa still has a long way to go | Digital inequality remains firmly in place in South Africa. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images) |
| Feb 10, 2020 | SA startup Howler secures second round of funding [Updated] | UPDATE (10 February): This article has been updated to reflect that one of the three investors, Techstars, contributed $150 000 in Howler’s latest round.
Event ticketing and cashless platform Howler has secured a second round of investment ... |
| Feb 10, 2020 | SA startup Howler secures second round of funding [Updated] | UPDATE (10 February): This article has been updated to reflect that one of the three investors, Techstars, contributed $150 000 in Howler’s latest round.
Event ticketing and cashless platform Howler has secured a second round of investment... |
| Dec 19, 2019 | SA cellphone users' porn visits may have leaked – here's how to surf safely | Review
A new data breach suggests South African cellphone users could have been tracked as they surfed pornography, though Vodacom and Telkom say their customers were not affected.
Google and Facebook do track porn surfing, though, even in ... |
| Nov 29, 2019 | In Africa, OPay and WeChat have more in common than just being super apps | Share this article:
History of a Chinese super app in Africa
In 2013, Chinese Internet-based platform company Tencent entered the African market with its super app, WeChat. It debuted in South Africa where Naspers, its Africa-focused counte... |
| Nov 28, 2019 | SA biometric authentication startup Iidentifii claims to be market leader in Africa | Statistics released by the Southern African Fraud Prevention Service (SAFPS) in September show a 99% increase this year over 2018 in the number of cases in South Africa involving identity fraud. One startup reckons it’s come up with a way t... |
| Nov 28, 2019 | SA biometric authentication startup Iidentifii claims to be market leader in Africa | Statistics released by the Southern African Fraud Prevention Service (SAFPS) in September show a 99% increase this year over 2018 in the number of cases in South Africa involving identity fraud. One startup reckons it’s come up with a way t... |
| Nov 18, 2019 | A new deal means Cell C clients can use MTN's network - for much cheaper than MTN users | Cell C concluded a network agreement with MTN, allowing its consumers to roam on MTN’s entire network.
Cell C pricing is generally lower than MTN, so this means that its clients will be able to use MTN’s network at a much lower cost.
The de... |
| Oct 28, 2019 | How Rwanda and South Africa struggle to support equal broadband connectivity | Share this article:
The increasing censorship of the Internet has been a trend in Africa over the course of the last decade.
Whether it is censoring the independent media during elections in Rwanda or admitting to mass surveillance of citiz... |
| Oct 8, 2019 | China Mobile reported to be in talks to buy Cell C | A report on Tuesday suggested China Mobile may be about to swoop to the rescue of embattled mobile operator Cell C. Telkom is also rumoured to be circling.
ITWeb, an online technology publication — citing an unnamed source claiming to have ... |
